The nation has entered another golden age of cricket after a remarkable series of victories. But India, which fancies itself as contemporary cricket’s overlord, may still have the last laugh.
A young friend spent the holiday break trekking in the Himalayas. Stopping at a tea house at Ghorepani, a village near Mount Annapurna Base Camp, she was ushered into the “Shane Warne” room.
As she unpacked her gear, it seemed somehow appropriate that the tea house owner was playing the Bob Dylan number Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door.
Andrew ClarkSenior writerAndrew Clark is a former editor of The Sun-Herald and Australian Business. He was a correspondent in Europe and North America, a political correspondent in Canberra and has been a journalist for more than 55 years. Email Andrew at aclark@afr.com.au
